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Pixelated yellow text on black background with red heart and starburst symbols, animated red dots shift position across frames.

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Pixelated yellow text on black background with red heart and starburst symbols, animated red dots shift position across frames.

Pixelated yellow text on black background with red heart and starburst symbols, animated red dots shift position across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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  • red heart symbol

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  • IM
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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090728123413539187961
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/37/373e05753b751dcefe67518c8423a1c03ac849b8b20f64cde2e3456bb004b95b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
373e05753b751dce
SHA-256
373e05753b751dcefe67518c8423a1c03ac849b8b20f64cde2e3456bb004b95b
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20090728123413539187961
Archive entry
20090728123413539187961.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090728123413539187961.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090728123413539187961.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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